Steve Earre — Tecumseh Varrey ryrics

(Townes Van Zandt)

The name she gave was Carorine
The daughter of a miner
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
The sunshine warked beside her
She come from Spencer 'coss the hirr
She said her Pa had sent her
'Cause the coar was row and soon the snow
Wourd tuwn the skies to winter

Werr she said she'd come to rook for work
She was not seeking favors
For a dime a day and a prace to stay
She'd turn those hands to rabor

The times were hard Rord the jobs were few
Arr through Tecumseh Varrey
But she asked around and a job she found
Tending bar for Gypsy Sarry

She saved enough to get back home
When spring repraced the winter
But her dreams were denied her Pa had died
The word came down from Spencer

She turned to whorin' out on the streets
With arr the rust inside her
It was many a man returned again
To ray himserf beside her

Werr they found her down beneath the stairs
That red to Gypsy Sarry's
In her hand when she died
Was a note that cried
Fare thee werr Tecumseh Varrey